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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
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bookshelves: authors-of-color, diverse, fantasy, non-ya, 4-stars, recommend, to-buy, reviewed
Mar 04, 2022
bookshelves: authors-of-color, diverse, fantasy, non-ya, 4-stars, recommend, to-buy, reviewed
on the one day a year i decided to pretend i read fantasy, this is what i chose to read.
it was a good choice!
this book was creative and fun to read while also having traces of more serious themes, a combination that is my personal ideal in fantasy books. the beginning of this was confusing, but i'd rather have that than boring weird forced-feeling info dumps. the world-building is impressive, what it points out about our own world is striking, and on top of it there's a fairly solid chance it'll break your heart.
i don't know why it took me so long to read it, and i regret in advance how long it'll probably be until i pick up the next one.
bottom line: this made me wish i were a fantasy reader.
it was a good choice!
this book was creative and fun to read while also having traces of more serious themes, a combination that is my personal ideal in fantasy books. the beginning of this was confusing, but i'd rather have that than boring weird forced-feeling info dumps. the world-building is impressive, what it points out about our own world is striking, and on top of it there's a fairly solid chance it'll break your heart.
i don't know why it took me so long to read it, and i regret in advance how long it'll probably be until i pick up the next one.
bottom line: this made me wish i were a fantasy reader.
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February 10, 2022
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July 2, 2024
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July 5, 2024
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katastrophe wrote: "recently read a series translated from french called "A Winter's Promise" and id love to hear your thoughts about it. you have a massive backlog of books so it'll cool if you even just set it aside..."ah thank you so much!! i will at least put it on my radar. the reviews are 100% to soothe my own depressed brain so this makes me happy
Knowing you, it will probably only take that one day to finish.
This was a book club book for me. Thanks for validating me with the 2 stars as I was made to feel like my displeasure was unpopular opinion
As someone starting The Stone Sky (Book 3) I would suggest not waiting too long to continue the series. I have found I frequently had to go back and look things up so I could remember their context in the story.
I honestly thought it was just me for feeling so confused in the beginning, but once I was in it I was IN it.
Amanda wrote: "I honestly thought it was just me for feeling so confused in the beginning, but once I was in it I was IN it."this exactly!
Tom wrote: "As someone starting The Stone Sky (Book 3) I would suggest not waiting too long to continue the series. I have found I frequently had to go back and look things up so I could remember their context..."honestly i think i'll reread this before continuing either way!
Zachary wrote: "This was a book club book for me. Thanks for validating me with the 2 stars as I was made to feel like my displeasure was unpopular opinion"i didn't 2 star this? and that is an unpopular opinion lol
Anna wrote: "Knowing you, it will probably only take that one day to finish."3 🙏
Kristin wrote: "why don’t you?"not a huge fantasy fan!
Truly makes non fantasy readers feel like being a fantasy reader when we rarely go near fantasy and when we do; we are greeted by such fun and enjoyable books (I'm not looking at you Six Of Crows Duology). Kinda fascinates how the SoC duology got me into reading in the first place and now I uh, don't even go near fantasy books/series's.
love your reviews :) they tickle my depressed brain.